The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Spices bring up feelings of comfort, cultural belonging and holidays. They can make our homes smell amazing and our food taste delicious. They can...
Nadine Mills plays a nurse, Sabrina, in superhero series Supacell.Courtesy of Netflix Despite it feeling like there is more to watch on TV than ever before, it hasn’t been a banner year for sci-fi on the small screen. Too many...
The rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus)Bodleian Library Publishing, University of Oxford, 2024 These remarkable and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, an English naturalist and artist who made numerous visits to North America in the early 18th century,...
Tencent is one of China’s largest technology companiesCynthia Lee/Alamy Chinese tech giant Tencent doesn’t seem to be affected by US export bans of computer chips that are crucial to the development of artificial intelligence systems – but even if such...
Scientists swab the cloaca of a wild leopard shark at North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane, Australia, in order to examine its recent dietMVErdman A team of scientists, conservationists and vets will soon set out to achieve a world first in...
Infinity is more complex than you might thinkAndriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images A new kind of infinity appears to break the rules of how extremely large numbers behave, and could redraw the way the mathematical universe is ordered. It may come as...
Rachel Feltman: Picture the teens in your life. Are they getting enough sleep? If not, you might assume they’re just falling prey to late nights on social media and school-related stress. But research suggests that for a huge percentage of...
A destructive 2022 storm in Spain produced large hailstones up to 12 centimetres in diameterTomeu Rigo Ribas A scanner at a dentist’s office has produced the first high-resolution 3D images of the internal structure of large hailstones. Such detailed views...
December 5, 20245 min readBird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human CellsA new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach...
This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case that challenges Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices are considering whether these bans discriminate on the basis of sex under the...
